Complete Clue List
Across
1. Rifle issued to Canadian units
5. Belgian town associated with myth of singing German student-soldiers, November 1914
10. French soldier
12. Small, quick aeroplane
15. British decoration for officers, instituted in 1914 (abbr.)
17. Corps from 'Down Under' (acronym)
19. Fortified Belgian city, site of battle in August 1914
20. Forerunner of WWII's Bletchley Park, ____ 40
22. Mannock, von Richthofen and Rickenbacker
23. Title for RAMC officer (abbr.)
24. Foot soldiers (abbr.)
26. French two-seater aircraft
27. Geographical feature captured by the Canadians in April 1917 (4, 5)
29. Belgian seaport attacked on 10th May 1918
30. Soldier's helmet, ___ hat
31. British sappers (abbr.)
32. Alvin C. York and others of his rank (abbr.)
34. In winter, the duckboards in the trenches ____ over
36. Middle Eastern port attacked by British cavalry in September 1918
38. Jellicoe's command
41. British 'Senior Service' (abbr.)
42. Where the German advance was stopped in 1914
45. French or Belgian decoration, _____ de Guerre
48. Town near Ypres
49. Succeeded French as commander-in-chief in December 1915
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2. Artillery spotter's position (abbr.)
3. Site of British offensive beginning 1st July 1916
4. If, to 10 Across
5. River that featured in battle at Yamburg during Russian Civil War, October 1919
6. Middle Eastern town where Allenby was victorious in November 1917
7. Vickers, Maxim and Hotchkiss (abbr.)
8. Ship named for Brazilian statesman, sunk in May 1916, the ___ Branco
9. Besieged town in Mesopotamia (short name)
11. Disastrous campaign of 1915
13. Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps, Sir Arthur _____
14. British pilots reported seeing one over London in January 1916 (abbr.)
16. British naval equivalent to the army's DCM (abbr.)
18. Belgian seaport attacked by Royal Navy on St George's Day 1918
21. Memorial to the missing of the Ypres Salient (5, 4)
23. Members of K-9 unit
25. Gallipoli hot spot, Lone ____ Trench
26. Volunteer Officer's Decoration (abbr.)
27. Major battle for the French army during 1916
28. Possible degree for RAMC officer (abbr.)
33. Slang for a type of German trench mortar, Rum-___
35. Poem by E.A. Mackintosh, '___ Till Maccruimein (Departure of the 4th Camerons)'
37. Country whose army included the 41st Dogras and 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, et al.
39. Water, to 10 Across (include definite article)
40. Familiar name of Talbot House in Poperinghe (3, 1)
42. Feature of life in the trenches
43. Combined with RNAS in April 1918 to form RAF
44. Summer, to 10 Across
46. 1917 song, '__ What a Lovely War'
47. Roman numeral designation of 2-seater Spad reconnaissance aircraft